Just found a local dairy farmer..

[chris]

Which is great, but it's just out of reach to make it feasible to buy from them

I've just emailed them, and they don't sell in the shops near me, which is a shame. I've found a dairy place that churns butter where I live, and they sell it in a shop over the road, which is great as the milk come from S.Wales too

Anyway, with all the stuff regarding cutting the price that farmers get, I thought I'd link to this place - I am not associated with them or what not, but they do holiday cottages too. Thought it'd be useful for someone who wants a wet holiday around South Wales

Ty Tanglwyst Farm – Holiday Cottages

[Mikey]

I used to go there and collect my milk, they did local farmers markets for some time a few years back, and my local shop used to stock their products but have since gone to a cheaper supplier, (I'm not happy about that). Their milk was always lovely, and occasionally very creamy, which I quite liked.

Where's the butter place Chris?

[veggiechicken]

Looks good, Chris - but I think I'll holiday at home this year!!
Where's the butter place?

[veggiechicken]

Snap Mikey! We like a bit o butter on our bread!!

[chris]

Castle Dairies - they sell in Lidl Welsh Butter makers, suppliers of organic butter, cream and butter milk, packers based in Caerphilly, Wales, UK

It's not as salty as anchor, or t_esco's own "welsh butter", which sits well with me as I don't really like salted butter.

I just wish that Lidl stocked their parchment wrapped butter, rather than the foil stuff.

[Mikey]

I just wish that Lidl stocked their parchment wrapped butter, rather than the foil stuff.

You is a fussy so and so Chris......

Personally I like salted butter, much better for making cakes, and pastry. I appreciate you still have littleuns so salt is off the menu, give it a couple more years and you'll be loving the stuff again.

[chris]

I emailed the milk place, they've told me they sell in shops around Porthcawl, which means I need to pickup on my surfing again to make it worth while!

I originally heard about them via a mate in work, who lives out that way, near some haunted house or something (Pyle? *shrug* - can't remember it was a while ago he told me). Forgot about it until I was just wondering if there were any local to me. He's informed me that he's the only dairy farmer in Glamorgan (though, I do see one through the lanes - at the top of Rhiwbina Hill - not the lanes near you VC, the other ones, which run alongside the Black Cock Inn. I always used to get stuck behind his herd of cows when he was moving them between fields.

I might pop there and ask if he does milk. Cor, haven't had milk straight from a cow since I was a little lad!

[veggiechicken]

I wondered whether you meant Castle Dairies - its in most of the supermarkets around here. Don't think the organic butter is though?
I'd like to go back to the slab butter, sliced off the block and hand wrapped. The salty one..........mmmmmmmmmmm

[Mikey]

When I was a little lad I used to have milk straight from the goat, warm and goaty..

The place you are thinking about is Sker House, which is just north of Porthcawl, you can pass it now on the new coastal path. There's a much bigger farm just up from Ty Tanglwyst, but they don't have their own dairy. I wouldn't be surprised if they are the only local dairy who farm, but they are certainly not the only dairy farmers.

[chris]

Well, I'd for go organic for local produce unless it was battery produced - but I can't find anything out about it..

Hmm, I've not seen it in any of the shops I go in (but then again I do get my shopping delivered )..

I prefer the parchment stuff, as it's recycled material (well, the Calon Wen stuff is anyway), they can recycle it - but all of the foil stuff (not really foil type, but whatever it is) doesn't have the recycle symbol on it..

Infact, I'll have to have a look at this local stuff

[veggiechicken]

He's informed me that he's the only dairy farmer in Glamorgan (though, I do see one through the lanes - at the top of Rhiwbina Hill - not the lanes near you VC, the other ones, which run alongside the Black Cock Inn. I always used to get stuck behind his herd of cows when he was moving them between fields.

I might pop there and ask if he does milk. Cor, haven't had milk straight from a cow since I was a little lad!

I've had his cattle in my front garden! Even had to herd some strays back up the road as they were heading down to the Deri for a pint! I don't think they can sell raw milk anymore and I'm sure they don't process it on the farm. You'll have to sneak up on a cow and have a squirt!!

[chris]

When I was a little lad I used to have milk straight from the goat, warm and goaty..

The place you are thinking about is Sker House, which is just north of Porthcawl, you can pass it now on the new coastal path. There's a much bigger farm just up from Ty Tanglwyst, but they don't have their own dairy. I wouldn;t be surprised if they are the only local dairy, but they are certainly not the only dairy farmers.

Yes, that's it! Apparently it's recently been purchased by someone.

I grew up aboard, in Saudi - most of the milk was goat milk.. the "milk" milk, was horrible. No idea if it was blended or frozen and imported but yeeaaaaaaaaaack !

[chris]

Anyway - I forgot to say in my original post.. I wish there was a list of local producers somewhere.

I'd like to have a milk man, but they are literally over double for organic milk It's cheaper for me to swing by a decent super market and pickup some organic milk.

[veggiechicken]

Have you looked at this Chris? Welcome to Wales the True Taste

[Feral007]

Raw milk is illegal in this country. And many others. Tis a pity because it has a lot of good stuff in it before they start messing it around.
Just managed to find some organic 'un homogenised' milk the other week. Was funny that it really did taste different to the usual milk we get in the supermarket. I remember before the homogenised milk that our mother used to have to keep a record of whose turn it was to have the first bit of milk..........the bit with all the cream in it!
VC if the cows were in your garden you could have had some raw, un homogenised, illegal, untampered with, tasty milk. Too late now - by the time those cows got back from having a pint at't pub the milk'd be off!